We Are Social People

If you haven’t been in the jobs market for the last couple of years, you could be forgiven for not realising just quite how extensively things have changed. From my position running businesses in the online recruitment industry, I can safely say most candidates need to completely rethink their strategy to ensure their job search [...]

Each day, individuals with disabilities thrive throughout the world. Even under the best of circumstances, however, wheelchair users might find themselves faced with logistical hurdles. Many nations are amenable to providing support measures to make life more manageable for their differently abled citizens. The United Kingdom, unfortunately, is not one of those countries. The United Kingdom [...]

When you were 13, what were you doing? I mean, I know what I was doing… I was trying to swindle my mother into buying me (an absolutely necessary) pre-paid wireless cell phone. I mean, everyone had one, so I HAD to have one. Well, fast forward 12 years and now, that Nokia cell phone [...]

Framed in a fun way, the light hearted Tag Challenge is a brainchild of a group of graduate students spanning six countries. The main aim of the project is to see how social media could be used to improve transatlantic security. The aim of the game is hunt down ‘Criminals’ whose photos are posted on [...]

—When something profoundly affects you in your life, most people have a tendency to review their experiences and choices. The recent tornado damage to my hometown has put me in such a mood, and I found myself thinking of people who have changed my life -often without me knowing it at the time. When I [...]

On March 2, 2012, the small town of West Liberty, Kentucky USA was struck by an EF3 tornado. The funnel destroyed most of the downtown area, including  the town’s banks, pharmacies, restaurants, and other businesses. The town hall, courthouse, hospital and post office were significantly damaged, one elementary school was torn apart, and churches and [...]

The social networking site, Twitter can be looked at as a sort of meeting place, but this meeting place is located on the web. Millions of individuals all over the world attend various meetings via Twitter at any given time. There are several reasons that make Twitter such a valuable social asset. You can use [...]

Facebook is a great way of tracking down old friends, old lovers, family members, making new friends, getting involved with online activity or even finding local places that share your hobbies and interests. But have you ever thought of using Facebook to find your new rescue pet? Facebook is also a great place for animal [...]

Twitter faced huge back lash when it announced recently that it would start censoring tweets in particular countries. Augmentatives about freedom of speech and civil rights were flung left, right and centre. But we have to look at the reasons why Twitter is doing it before jumping the gun and accusing them of breaching peoples freedom of speech. The Law Regardless of your outlook [...]

I realize some of the world’s population has chosen not to participate in Social Media. I never could quite understand why one would (voluntarily) inflict such pain on oneself, until now! Could devout religious beliefs play a role in the lack of participation in Social Media for some? Will Social Media usage skyrocket after the [...]